Petronius's "Satyricon" is a fragmentary Roman novel, a picaresque satire of Neronian society. It is notable for its vivid depiction of Roman life and its early use of prose fiction.
Sources for Petronius — Satyricon
Petronius — Satyricon in First Novels
Held in the First Novels chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Murasaki Shikibu — The Tale of Genji (1010)
- Chariton — Callirhoe (50)
- Apuleius — The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses) (170)
- Bāṇabhaṭṭa — Kadambari (625)
- Miguel de Cervantes — Don Quixote (1605)
- Thomas Malory — Le Morte d'Arthur (1485)
- William Baldwin — Beware the Cat (1553)
- Aphra Behn — Oroonoko (1688)
- Daniel Defoe — Robinson Crusoe (1719)
- Jonathan Swift — Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
- Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl — The Improvement of Human Reason (Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan) (1160)
- Wu Cheng'en — Journey to the West (1592)